Hopes says Whitmore's accusations are 'misinformation and false statements'

Manatee County administrator says he will take his boss's complaints about how he runs county 'under advisement'

Manatee County Administrator Scott Hopes says county Commissioner Carol Whitmore is spreading “misinformation and false statements” about his management of the county government. Hopes made his comments in a Sept. 6 email to Whitmore in response to an email she sent a day earlier to Hopes and others, in which she listed more than two dozen complaints ab…